Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross Medal Bar Auction reverse centre depicting cyphre of

reverse centre depicting cyphre of Ferdinand VII surrounded by an enameled dark-blue border

the number indicating the size of the helmet in centimeters as measured around the inside dome at the level of the three pin holes)

signed in green ink by Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Countess Mountbatten on the inside front cover

Afterwards the Wing participated in the Battle of Britain

severed external leatherette hinge

Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross Medal Bar Auction reverse centre depicting cyphre of(Bandschnalle). A medal bar with two decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross, II Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse), a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W under an Imperial crown, and institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse centre with a branch of three oak leaves below the crowned initials FW, with the original